Thistle beaten by Roslyn-Wakari in 1976....

Thistle was beaten by Roslyn-Wakari of Dunedin in 1976 2-1.  The unfortunate thing was that Thistle had every opportunity to win with Hec McKinnell a centre forward was attacking well, however this all changed in the second half when Roslyn-Wakari marked him more closely which meant he could not control the game as well as in the first half.

Full-back, Chris Mathieson gave a good display and kept Brian Duncan the quick Roslyn winger at bay.  It was a different story for Steve Erickson, who was playing on the other wing.  This was not his usual position and he struggled.
Ronald Kolk, Chris Ward and Gavin Goudie all played well in patches but seemed to lose concentration in the second half.
Ted Mathieson and Mike O'Donnell both made opportunities which were not taken.
Reference:  The Southland Times August 1986